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Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known as common threesquare, [2] common three-square bulrush [3] and sharp club-rush. [4] It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe , New Zealand and Australia .
Schoenoplectus americanus (syn. Scirpus americanus) is an American species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names chairmaker's bulrush and Olney's three-square bulrush. Description
The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D. Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundera. [1]
Isolepis prolifera has a caespitose (tufted) growth form, with round stems up to 90 centimetres (35 in) tall and 4 millimetres (0.16 in) wide. [3] Its leaves are reduced to red or brown sheaths around the stem, sometimes with a small free lobe up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long.
In 2019 a total area of 16.5% [2] of Sri Lanka was forested. In 2010, it was 28.8% [3] (and 32.2% in 1995. [4]) 9.0% [5] of Sri Lanka's forests are classified as primary forest (the most biodiverse form of forest and the biggest carbon sinks on Earth). Sri Lanka's forests contain 61 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass (in ...
The Sri Lanka montane rain forests represent the montane and submontane moist forests above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in the central highlands and in the Knuckles mountain range. [5] Half of Sri Lanka's endemic flowering plants and 51 percent of the endemic vertebrates are restricted to this ecoregion. This ecoregion is inhabited by five strict ...
Top left: William Gopallawa was the first and only non-executive president of Sri Lanka. Top right: J. R. Jayewardene was the first executive president of Sri Lanka. Bottom left: Chandrika Kumaratunga was the first female president and also the longest serving president of Sri Lanka.
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.